The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) offers a diverse program of public events, including colloquia, seminars, and workshops. Our Institute’s Colloquium is open and free to attend. Our other events often require registration or invitation—please check each individual event for details.
June 2024
- Workshop
Globalizing Schizophrenia: The History and Legacy of the WHO Studies of Schizophrenia
Organizer(s)- 13:30 to 15:00
- Colloquium
Disaster in the East Asian History of Science
- Dept. III
- Several Speakers
- Chun Xu
- Kyonghee Lee
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomVilla, Room V005/Seminar Room- 11:00 to 12:00
- Lecture
Computer Vision for History
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomZoom/Online Meeting Platform- 14:00 to 16:30
- Workshop
Workshop: "BIPoC, birthing bodies, fauxminism—und wie sage ich das auf Deutsch?"
- Several Speakers
- Friederike Landau-Donnelly
- Birgit Kolboske
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomMain Conference Room- 14:00 to 16:00
- Discussion
Laboratory for Oral History and Experimental Media Series: The Era of the Witness
Organizer(s)AddressBoltzmannstr. 16, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB16 Seminar Room- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Xi Jinping’s Perspectives on Science and Technology
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom- 14:00 to 15:30
- Institute's Colloquium
Knowing Trees: Co-producing Epistemologies of the Environment
Organizer(s)AddressHarnack House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 10:30 to 12:00
- Colloquium
Plants from Pyramids: Biogeography, Climate and How to Write Cultural History
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomRoom 215
July 2024
- Conference
Region, Practice, and Genre: Putting Knowledge to Use in the History of Science in South Asia. "Regionality of Knowledge"
- Dept. III
- Several Speakers
- Prachi Deshpande
- Eric Moses Gurevitch
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Harnackstraße 5, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomVilla, Room V005/Seminar Room- 14:00 to 16:30
- Lecture
Lecture: "Feministische Kämpfe um Mieten, Heim- und Hausarbeit"
Organizer(s)AddressMPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomMain Conference Room- Conference
Region, Practice, and Genre: Putting Knowledge to Use in the History of Science in South Asia. "Practical Knowledge and Knowledgeable Practice"
- Dept. III
- Several Speakers
- Agathe Keller
- Shireen Hamza
Organizer(s)AddressHarnack House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- 08:00 to 17:00
- Conference
Charting the European D-SEA: Digital Scholarship in East Asian Studies
AddressStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Haus Potsdamer Straße, Potsdamer Straße 33 , 10785 Berlin, Germany
- 12:00 to 13:00
- Lecture
Archives by and for Research in the History of Science and Digital Humanities: Describe, Annotate, Preserve, and Disseminate
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomZoom/Online Meeting Platform- 14:00 to 15:30
- Colloquium
Organized Innovation and Technology Breakthrough: The Goverance Strategies of the Mission-Oriented R&D Organization
Organizer(s)AddressMax Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
RoomB18–008/Zoom- Conference
Region, Practice, and Genre: Putting Knowledge to Use in the History of Science in South Asia. "Genres of Knowledge"
Organizer(s)AddressHarnack House, Conference Venue of the Max Planck Society, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin, Germany